#161A22#161A22

#161A22 is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.017 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A22
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 34)
HSL	hsl(220, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(220, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.20, 0.55, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.20, 6.16, 275.11°)
OKLab	oklab(21.74% -0.0017 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(21.74% 0.017 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.9889, 1.0248, 1.6588)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A22 #221E16

analogous

#162022 #161A22 #181622

triadic

#161A22 #22161A #1A2216

tetradic

#161A22 #221620 #221E16 #162218

square

#161A22 #221620 #221E16 #162218

split-complementary

#161A22 #221816 #202216

monochromatic

#0C0E13 #0C0E13 #161A22 #2E3647 #46536C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.43

#161A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A22

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A22	1.00	17.43	1.21	17.43
#FFFFFF	17.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#131C1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.017 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53565d',
    500: '#161a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a22;
$custom-light: #53565d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21737,
    "c": 0.01692,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A22

secondary

#554E3F

accent

#A26ABE

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A22

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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